Literary usage of Merfolk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1.The Book of Mermaids by Patricia Saxton (2006)"merfolk feast, play games, and revel in the lush sculpture gardens that are ...
Ak; marks the independence of merfolk from the oppressive rule of the ..."

2.The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)"... and found, upon his return, that he had been lost a whole season;38 while
European tales of merfolk find their parallels in stories of underwater towns ..."

3.Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii by Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1915)"Revealing the tricks of the merfolk twain, Their bodies dead as the corpse of
King Log, And with them that of the Mermaid Queen; For a ray has pierced to ..."

4.The Art of the Story-teller by Marie L. Shedlock (1915)"Then the Nixie had to rise up and go away, 1 "The punishment that can most affect
merfolk is to restrict their freedom. ..."

5.North American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1916)"... and found, upon his return, that he had been lost a whole season;33 while
European tales of merfolk find their parallels in stories of underwater towns ..."

6.Ribs and Trucks from Davy's Locker: Being Magazine Matter Broke Loose and by W. A. G. (1842)"... the Oyster bed, for merfolk twain, Whereon they sweetly might repose, Wake up
and find it " made " again, Sans chambermaid, or e'er they rose : The more ..."

7.Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas by Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton (1863)"... given them here to show the reader that it is quite possible that there may
be a foundation of truth to the worldwide fable of the existence of merfolk. ..."